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Christian Goeschel, “Mussolini and Hitler: The Forging of the Fascist Alliance” (Yale UP, 2018)
Christian Goeschel
Mussolini and Hitler
The Forging of the Fascist Alliance
Yale University Press, 2018

New Books in European StudiesNew Books in German StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network April 2, 2019 Craig Sorvillo

In his new book, Mussolini and Hitler: The Forging of the Fascist Alliance (Yale University Press, 2018), Christian Goeschel, Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Manchester, examines the relationship between Hitler and Mussolini and how their relationship developed and affected both countries. In this highly readable book,... Read More
Kurt Raaflaub, “The Landmark Julius Caesar: The Complete Works” (Pantheon, 2017)
Kurt Raaflaub
The Landmark Julius Caesar
The Complete Works
Pantheon, 2017

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in BiographyNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Literary StudiesNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network March 26, 2019 Mark Klobas

That the Roman leader Gaius Julius Caesar is so well remembered today for his achievements as a general is largely due to his skills as a writer. In The Landmark Julius Caesar: The Complete Works (Pantheon, 2017), the distinguished classics scholar Kurt Raaflaub provides readers with a new translation of... Read More
Scott Mobley, “Progressives in Navy Blue: Maritime Strategy, American Empire, and the Transformation of U.S. Naval Identity, 1873-1898” (Naval Institute Press, 2018)
Scott Mobley
Progressives in Navy Blue
Maritime Strategy, American Empire, and the Transformation of U.S. Naval Identity, 1873-1898
Naval Institute Press, 2018

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network March 6, 2019 Bob Wintermute

This episode of the New Books in Military History podcast is something of a sea change, so to speak, as we turn our attention to naval policy and strategy.  Institutional reform is a well-established topic in studies of the ground and air forces of the United States, ranging from Alexander... Read More
Sarah Stockwell, “The British End of the British Empire” (Cambridge UP, 2018)
Sarah Stockwell
The British End of the British Empire

Cambridge University Press, 2018

New Books in British StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network February 18, 2019 Mark Klobas

In the aftermath of the Second World War, Great Britain was forced to give up the bulk of its vast, globe-spanning empire. While most histories of this process have examined it from the perspective of high politics and focused on matters of state construction, in The British End of the... Read More
Jessica Trisko Darden, Alexis Henshaw, and Ora Szekley, “Insurgent Women: Female Combatants in Civil Wars” (Georgetown UP, 2019)
Jessica Trisko Darden, Alexis Henshaw, and Ora Szekley
Insurgent Women
Female Combatants in Civil Wars
Georgetown University Press, 2019

New Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Sociology February 11, 2019 Beth Windisch

Insurgent Women: Female Combatants in Civil Wars (Georgetown University Press, 2019) investigates the mobilization of female fighters, women’s roles in combat, and what happens to women when conflicts end. The book focuses on three case studies of asymmetric conflicts. Jessica Trisko Darden contributes research looking at Ukraine, Alexis Henshaw discusses... Read More